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Being “Self Recruited” throughout the athletic recruiting process
A few weeks back, I was writing on a different website about how a talented football recruit was receiving Division I attention from a number of schools throughout the country. This was a player who has testing numbers off of the chart and has had a decent amount of success on the football field as well.
But when mentioning him, someone else brought up the fact that they felt he was “self recruited.” What they meant by “self recruited” is that this athlete was the one contacting college coaches. This prospect was sending out his recruiting profiles, links to video, and just about everything that has been mentioned before on this website. And while some may feel being “self recruited” is a bad thing, it is a lot of what I write about here.
The one thing I know about this situation is that the athlete can play. He is extremely talented and will likely end up with a college scholarship at some level, especially considering his testing numbers are off the chart. One thing I assume is that the person trying to rip on him for being “self recruited” likely still feels that the old saying, if you are good enough, they’ll find you, is true.
My feeling on that saying is the schools that will find you are Division III programs that will be unable to offer you an athletic scholarship. What that means it that tuition will be much more expensive and the overall level of play will be lower than that at the Division II level. That is a major reason why marketing yourself into a “self recruited” athlete is important.
If you follow what I have already written in The Five Steps to a Scholarship Offer, this will give you the best chance to earn a college scholarship in the sport of your choice. No, it is not a promise that you will end up with a scholarship. That decision is up to the college coaches. These steps will give your video and abilities the best chance to be evaluated by a coach, which in turn can help you receive a scholarship offer.
Following these steps may also be a reason as to why you are considered “self recruited.” Again, I have to stress that I feel strongly that there is nothing wrong with being “self recruited.” Getting your information and video out to college coaches who would have not recruited you beforehand is a huge step in the right direction during the athletic recruiting process.
So if you are in a situation for any sport and want more attention, then going through The Five Steps to a Scholarship is the way to go. Some coaches will get back to you and others won’t. That unfortunately is the way that things work in the recruiting process. But the key is to put yourself in the best situation that you can.
Realize that if you do this, there may be people that talk badly about how you market yourself to college coaches. But because what I talk about is inexpensive for the most part, anyone can do it. You may come from a low income with dreams of a college scholarship. That is why being a “self recruit” is the way to go, no matter what demographic your family comes from.
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You hit the nail on the head. If an athlete isn’t getting the exposure he wants, then he has to be proactive and do whatever he can to get his name out. Even if most coaches don’t get back to you, it only takes one. I recently talked to one of our athletes who had sent out over 860 emails to coaches…it paid off, as he ended up receiving a basketball scholarship to a small school in Georgia.
I’m a mother of a senior football player. He is a K/P, and we’ve been filling out apps and sending them to every school that might need a kicker. I also took videos of every kick this year and uploaded every game on the berecruited.com website. I also uploaded them to as many other recruiting websites that we could find. I had read somewhere that an athlete should be accepted to the school before any “Real” contact with the coaches will ocurr. Is that true? Our guidance counselor is getting a little upset with us for sending so many apps out. It would have been nice to know beforehand just to ask the coach straight out if they will need a kicker before spending both our own time/money and the guidance counselors time.
PrepChamps – 860 emails!!!! Wow. I guess they earned their scholarship.
Mary Anne,
Thanks for the email and it sounds like you are doing what you can to help your son. However, I do think it is a mistake to send an app in to every school that your son may be interested. The reason is because how do you know that the school is stock full of kickers? In my opinion, I think it is similar to randomly sending out tape to college coaches without prior contact. Both end up being a waste of time and money. Find out what coaches are really interested first, even if your son is a senior, before filling out the apps if he 100% for sure wants to play.
I think it is too late for us to get a scholarship. My son received two honors this year for football. One being All-City linebacker, and the other being Defensive Player of the Year. He is interested in one smaller school so what do we need to do to get their attention? Do I contact the coach? It that a bad idea? He is a senior this year. I just did not know how to go about all of this. Thanks!